On Sunday 29th October Derry played Sligo in the cup and the supporters club were out in full force.
For Paddy it was an early start as he forgot to put his clock back and was at Connolly Station at 6.45.
After me and Ronan arrived we had some friendly banter with some Sligo fans then we were on our way. Darren got on the train at Maynooth and then the drinking started. The 3 hours on the train went by quickly and we soon arrived in Sligo. The Sligo fans that got the train give us some tips on what bars to go to and we were on our way.
Walking up the street we were pointed to a back door of a bar and on entering found a group of people who were out all night. So we decided to join the party.
At 12 o'clock the fans from Derry started arriving by the bus loads and the atmosphere started to build. We arranged to meet up with the rest of the supporters club and we headed to the hotel they were staying at were we got a bite to eat and a pint. When Gary had got his fill of making jokes about Paddy and his early start we heading back to the bar and meet with the rest of the Derry fans.
The match was an entertaining affair with Derry having the better of the second half but the state of the pitch didn't allow them to pass the ball with ease. The crowd was in full voice for the full 90 minutes and if Sligo had allowed then we could have had another 100 supporters easy with the room still to move freely.
After the match me an Ronan headed for the train where we met Paddy sitting waiting (again). Darren soon joined us and with Ronan eating is 12th bag of crisps for the day we were on our way back to Dublin.
Of course we still had time for one more joke and Ronan was the victim. As we were all nearly sleeping the train stopped at Carrick on Shannon. I woke Ronan and told him that we were a Connolly and to get off. So Ronan started to walk out the door and was outside before we called him back. Confused he sat down and fell asleep as the hangovers started kicking in
